Chileans elect a new president on Sunday, facing a stark choice between the most right-wing candidate in 35 years of democracy and the head of a broad leftist coalition.
Almost 16 million citizens can cast their ballot in the runoff vote between father-of-nine Jose Antonio Kast and his rival Jeannette Jara, a longstanding member of the Communist Party.
Polls show Kast as the strong front-runner, with his tough-on-crime and anti-migrant message seemingly registering with Chileans.
Jara led the first round of voting in November, but right-wing candidates garnered 70 percent of the vote. In a head-to-head race between Kast and Jara, polls show him winning by more than ten percentage points. (AFP)
